Children's Illustrated Dictionary.

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total
totals noun
the entire amount of
everything added together.
The total of 2, 3, and 4 is 9.
N say tote-l

total
adjective
complete.
To t a l darkness.

toucan
toucans noun

a colorful bird with a large
beak that lives in the rain
forests of South America.
Toucans nest in holes in trees
and feed on fruit, insects,
small lizards, and eggs.
N say too-kan

touch
touches touching touched verb
to put your hand or another
part of your body
on something.

Can you touch the floor
with your hands, while
keeping your legs straight?
N say tuch
touch noun

tough

adjective

1 strong and not easy to

break or damage.

Crash helmets are made of

tough plastic.

N opposite weak

2 very difficult.

A tough problem.

N opposite easy

N say tuff

N comparisons tougher toughest

tour

tours noun

a journey that takes you to

see several places.

We went on a sightseeing tour

of the city.

N say toor

tourist

tourists noun

a person who

travels and

visits places

for pleasure.

tournament

tournaments noun

a series of contests or

matches in a sport or game.

A chess tournament.

toward

preposition

in the direction of.

The horse trotted

across the field toward her.

towel

towels noun

a piece of soft, thick cloth

or paper that is used for

drying things.

tower

towers noun

a tall, narrow structure.

The Eiffel To w e r.

N rhymes with our

town

towns noun

a place with houses and other

buildings, where people live,

work, and shop. A town is

smaller than a city but larger

than a village.

toy

toys noun

an object to

play with.

trace

traces tracing traced verb

1 to copy a picture by

placing a sheet of thin paper

over it and drawing around

the outline.

She traced the picture

of a tiger from a book.

2 to follow or discover

something by observing

marks or clues.

She traced her family’s history

back three centuries.

trace

traces noun

a small mark or track left

behind by something.

There were traces of a fire

in the cave.

track

tracks noun

1 a mark or marks left

by someone or something

that is moving.

The fox left tracks

in the fresh snow.

2 a path or rough road.

They drove the truck up

a bumpy track.

3 a course used for races.

They did four laps around

the running track.

4 rails laid on the ground

for trains to run on.

track

tow

tows towing towed verb

to pull something

along behind.

The truck towed the

car to the garage.

N say toe

jack-in-the-box